Apples v oranges. Global macro scale trade isn’t the same as cross physical border stuff.  And I’d bet more than a few degrees of magnitude difference as well.

Considering how absolutely co-dependent on US consumption culture their economy is, not likely.

‘blows up in his face’. That’s sorta the worst case scenario since he is 70. has no succession plan. is starting wars of grievance. and has nukes.

Well they did just kinda annex the breadbasket of Europe.

All depends on the particular elemental chemical properties, how much can be stored per unit of mass/volume, how many charge/discharge cycles it can reasonably handle.

Not sure it’s quite that simple. We *could* produce enough oil for our own needs I think. Not a good option at all, but it’s doable. The other plus is we have a huge amount of the worlds refining capacity.

Putin’s bet is that he’s been stockpiling money reserves for the last 4 years so he’s made a long term plan for sanctions.

There is but she’s playing hexordle

So we’re at the 50K large for even low spec mid level cars now?

“And I’ll just poop in your shoe”  level of loathing

We should move away from usage taxes anyway. They are entirely regressive and force the lower economic class to bear more burden than they can.

I might watch, but not on NBC. They only need a mirror to understand why it’s sucking

How do they get back into traffic? Or must the cars wait *longer* when lights turn green to allow the necessary re-merging?

I’m certainly no audiofile. I just can’t imagine that tiny little speakers in ear buds are ever going to provide anything even close to something an audiofile would accept.

I’m certainly no audiofile. I just can’t imagine that tiny little speakers in ear buds are ever going to provide…

*may affect warranty status

And always sleep on your back for sleep study. You want to make it as easy as possible to detect.

The tulip comparison is entirely unfair.

Pretty sure that tells you what you need to know lol.

Pretty sure that tells you what you need to know lol.

2000 ppl are still dying *every* day from COVID. It’s not the ‘same risk they used to take’ and likely won’t be for years. We had a chance to nip this in the bud, but Trump went all in on pretending it didn’t exist and got 1/2 the country to follow him.  Blame him/them if you must.

Ah gotcha. it basically has 2 magnets that cancel themselves when switched off.